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[Lever]

prior to storage time it goes to dealer for detailed  and cover'd up in its own blanky until riding season

[FlaHeatWave]

Once a month I will take the bags off of the baggers (don't have to do that on the FX) and drink a few Coors Lites while the "Ball & Chain" details the bikes with whatever is available, while I'm Sport Skyping with my girlfriend.

 On some road trips, we've had bugs from 20 states.

 "I got other fish to fry"

[JR]

Only that something was making a really loud noise that certainly wasn't anything normal and I dropped it off.  I haven't talked to the tech yet.  I'm more concerned about when I will get it back and running properly.  If I find out something concrete, I'll pass it on.  I figure it's a mechanical contraption and I just got lucky enough to get one with something out of spec enough to cause a big problem.  They gave me another CVO Ultra to ride until I get mine back, so I'm feeling that the dealer is doing everything they should be doing to keep me happy in a bad situation.  Maybe I'm losing my fight in my old age, but I'm just not as concerned about the problem as the solution.

Soooo, what exactly was the problem and the solution??? 

[110tHunDer]

 
You know you want a T-Man motor, JR!

[JR]

You know you want a T-Man motor, JR!

Yes I do... But I don't.... 

 

[Jock]

Yes I do... But I don't.... 

 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...HA!

    

[JR]

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...HA!

    

Ha! Amen to that Jock!

[1abastarsmda]

Soooo, what exactly was the problem and the solution??? 

The piston pin and connecting rod opening were not the same size, so the pistons were flopping around quite freely.  How that happened is beyond the scope of what I know.  Solution - new engine.  I've been hesitant to post this, as I don't want to see a stream of people wanting their engines torn apart and replaced, thinking that they have this problem.  The sound that I was hearing when I took the bike in was not the noise that most people are hearing.  My new engine makes the irritating normal 110 noises.  This was different.  It sounded more like a diesel engine.  Others riding with me could hear it at 60 and 70 mph over all of our pipes and stereos blasting.  It was an embarassment to ride with that noise overshadowing everything else.  It sounded like someone was taking a hammer to the inside of my engine and just beating the hell out of it. As I said, I don't think this is what others have been hearing.  This is my second CVO with a 110 engine, and I've been around a lot of others, and I never heard one like this ever before.

[KID ROCK]

day 1 wash bike. leaf blower shamie 5 hours.
day 2 wax paint 2 hours.
day 3 wax rims rotors calipers 2 hours.
day 4 wax all chrome 3 hours.
day 5 wax frame 2 hours.
yes im a real sick person ocd big time.
14 hrs labour at $20 a hr = $280 thats the way i look at it.
guys all ways ask me to do thers i tell them
ill wash it .leaf blower and shamie it and just wax the paint for a $100 they say im crazzy.

[JR]

The piston pin and connecting rod opening were not the same size, so the pistons were flopping around quite freely. 

Wow! How many miles did you have on it?

 

[1abastarsmda]

Wow! How many miles did you have on it?

 

Started around 200 miles and dropped it off around 800 miles.  I guess that's what I get for trying to follow proper break-in procedures.

[JR]

Started around 200 miles and dropped it off around 800 miles.  I guess that's what I get for trying to follow proper break-in procedures.

Thanks Man!

 

[hdaliaconis]

day 1 wash bike. leaf blower shamie 5 hours.
day 2 wax paint 2 hours.
day 3 wax rims rotors calipers 2 hours.
day 4 wax all chrome 3 hours.
day 5 wax frame 2 hours.
yes im a real sick person ocd big time.
14 hrs labour at $20 a hr = $280 thats the way i look at it.
guys all ways ask me to do thers i tell them
ill wash it .leaf blower and shamie it and just wax the paint for a $100 they say im crazzy.

So, what's wrong with that procedure?  Sounds like my own routine.  Cleaning the bike is like therapy.  Don't be in a hurry and do it right!

[clubhes]

For my new Breakout, removed the seat, washed it, used a clay bar, washed it, hand glazed it, applied 2 coats of Mother's wax, then finished with 2 coats of Meguiar's polymer detailer.

cell phone pic.

[hdaliaconis]

looking good!